Upwey and Broadwey | |
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ward Dorset Council. | |
Population | 4,518 |
Major settlements | Compton Abbas |
Current ward | |
Created | 2019 |
Councillor | David James Northam (Liberal Democrat) |
Number of councillors | 1 |
Upwey and Broadwey is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. [1]
The ward is named after the Weymouth suburbs of Upwey and Broadwey. [2]
Election | Councillors | |
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2019 | Howard Legg [3] | |
2024 | David James Northam |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Howard Richard Legg | 555 | 41.1 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Brookes | 543 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Debra Kohana | 251 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.00 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David James Northam | 710 | 55.9 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Jan Edward Ernest Bergman | 317 | 25.0 | −15.3 | |
Labour | Byron Silver | 242 | 19.1 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,269 | 34.04 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. It lies on the B3159 road. In 2001, Broadwey and Upwey ward had a population of 4,349. St Nicholas' Church serves the suburb, as did Broadwey Methodist Church until 2021.
South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lloyd Hatton, of the Labour Party. The constituency was created as a consequence of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, although the area covered has changed since then.
Upwey is a suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. The suburb is situated on the B3159 road in the Wey valley. The area was formerly a village until it was absorbed into the Weymouth built-up area. It is located four miles north of the town centre in the outer suburbs. In the Census 2001 the combined population of Upwey and neighbouring Broadwey was 4,349.
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